From 2019’s BERT to 2022’s Helpful Content Update, Google is constantly making changes to its algorithm to deliver better search results. Learn more about how you can use the algorithms, along with EEAT guidelines, to boost your SEO.
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Google updates: How algorithmic changes impact your SEO
Google’s algorithm is regularly updated to refine how search results are indexed, ranked and displayed. This guide reviews the major changes from 2011 onwards.
How Google’s Hummingbird algorithm changed SEO
Google’s Hummingbird update was a complete overhaul for the search engine algorithm. Read our guide to making sure your site is up to scratch.
Google’s Fred update: Getting tough on thin content ad heavy sites
Google’s Fred update is focussed on devaluing clickbait and websites that exist purely to push ads. This guide tells you how to stay on the right side of Fred.
What is the Google Pigeon update?
The Pigeon algorithm change overhauled how local businesses are listed on organic search pages, so find out what you need to know to stay competitive.
Google Panda: Why you need to invest in quality content
This guide reviews how the Panda algorithm prizes quality over quantity in terms of content, ensuring only the best resources are rewarded in the SERPs.
Your Guide to Google Possum
The Possum update saw many businesses flounder in local search results, while others leapfrogged the competition. How to win with local SEO?
Are you up to speed with the Google Penguin?
In the past, unscrupulous marketers would try to manipulate search results with unnatural links. Google Penguin has clamped down on this shady practice.
Getting a Google Penalty: Manual vs Algorithmic
Has your site disappeared from page 1? We look at reasons why you might have received a manual penalty from Google and start taking steps towards fixing it.